Unnamed (near Indian Point)

Prospect in Alaska, United States
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Nearby scientific data
  6. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  7. Mining district
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308049
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Indian Point)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -133.23989, 56.72274 (WGS84)
Relative position Approximate center of block of four lode claims staked in 1977 on southern Kupreanof Island, and active through 1978 (U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980). Locality 28 of Grybeck, Berg, and Karl (1984).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wade Hampton(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Petersburg C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Petersburg N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Petersburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Nearby scientific data

(1) -133.23989, 56.72274

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Approximate center of block of four lode claims staked in 1977 and active through 1978. No other information available.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Kupreanof

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Approximate center of block of four lode claims staked in 1977 and active through 1978.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = U. S. Bureau of Mines, 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-98 H.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.